Fountains in Portland, Oregon

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Benson Bubblers[]

Main article: Benson Bubbler

More than fifty drinking fountains called Benson Bubblers, named after Simon Benson and designed by A. E. Doyle, are located in and around downtown Portland.

Portland Parks & Recreation[]

Portland Parks & Recreation maintains 19 fountains throughout the city,[1] including one in North Portland (McCoy Fountain),[2] one in Northeast Portland (Holladay Park Fountain),[3] two in Northwest Portland (Jamison Square Fountain and Horse Trough Fountain),[4] and one in Southeast Portland (The Rose Petal).[5] The agency maintains 14 fountains in Southwest Portland: Animals in Pools, Bill Naito Legacy Fountain, "The Car Wash" (officially Untitled), Chimney Fountain, The Dreamer, Keller Fountain, Kelly Fountain, Lovejoy Fountain, Pioneer Courthouse Square Waterfall Fountain, Salmon Street Springs, Shemanski Fountain, Skidmore Fountain, Teachers Fountain, and Thompson Elk Fountain.[6] The Portland Water Bureau has published a two-hour, 2.6-mile self-guided tour featuring twelve fountains in Southwest Portland (with an optional extension to Jamison Square Fountain in Northwest Portland).[7]

Title Designer(s) Year Description Image
Animals in Pools Georgia Gerber 1986 Georgia Gerber's Animals in Pools includes ten trough-style fountains. The fountains contain 25 bronze sculptures of animals found in the Pacific Northwest. The pieces were installed in 1986 as part of the Local Improvement District affiliated with TriMet's MAX Light Rail. Animals in Pools in 2003
Bill Naito Legacy Fountain The Bill Naito Legacy Fountain in 2012
"The Car Wash"
(officially Untitled) 		Carter, Hull, Nishita, McCulley and Baxter 1977 "The Car Wash" in 2013.
Chimney Fountain
The Dreamer Manuel Izquierdo 1979
Holladay Park Fountain Tim Clemen
(Murase Associates) 		2000
Horse Trough Fountain
Jamison Square Fountain Jamison Square Fountain in 2008
Keller Fountain Angela Danadjieba
(Lawrence Halprin Associates) 		1971 Keller Fountain in 1995
Kelly Fountain Lee Kelly 1977
Lovejoy Fountain Lawrence Halprin Associates 1968 Lovejoy Fountain in 2007
McCoy Fountain Murase Associates 2000
Pioneer Courthouse Square Waterfall Fountain Will Martin 1983 Pioneer Courthouse Square Waterfall Fountain in 2009
The Rose Petal 1978
Salmon Street Springs Robert Perron Landscape Architects 1988 SalmonStreetSprings.JPG
Shemanski Fountain
(Rebecca at the Well) 		Carl L. Linde
Oliver Laurence Barrett 		1926
(1928) 		Shemanski Fountain in 2013
Skidmore Fountain Olin Levi Warner 1888 Skidmore Fountain in 2015
Teachers Fountain Teachers Fountain in 2011
Thompson Elk Fountain Roland Hinton Perry 1900 The Elk in 2006

Regional Arts & Culture Council[]

Fountains administered by the Regional Arts & Culture Council include the Frank E. Beach Memorial Fountain.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Fountains in Parks". Portland Parks & Recreation. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  2. ^ "Fountains in Parks: North Portland". Portland Parks & Recreation. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  3. ^ "Fountains in Parks: NE Portland". Portland Parks & Recreation. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
  4. ^ "Fountains in Parks: NW Portland". Portland Parks & Recreation. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
  5. ^ "Fountains in Parks: SE Portland". Portland Parks & Recreation. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
  6. ^ "Fountains in Parks: SW Portland". Portland Parks & Recreation. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
  7. ^ "Portland's Municipal Fountains: A Self-Guided Tour". Portland Water Bureau. Retrieved August 31, 2013.

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